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enhttp://nhpr.org/feeds/term/1703/rss.xmlBobcat Season Is Off: Fish And Game Withdraws Hunting, Trapping Proposalhttp://nhpr.org/post/bobcat-season-fish-and-game-withdraws-hunting-trapping-proposal
<p>New Hampshire Fish and Game officials have reversed course on plans to allow a state bobcat season.</p><p>Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:50:52 +0000Brady Carlson89029 at http://nhpr.orgBobcat Season Is Off: Fish And Game Withdraws Hunting, Trapping ProposalRegular Hunting, Fishing License Fees to Increase $10http://nhpr.org/post/regular-hunting-fishing-license-fees-increase-10
<p>CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Regular hunting and fishing license fees in New Hampshire have gone up $10 - the first increase in 12 years.</p><p>The increases took effect Friday. They were authorized by the Legislature to fill a $1.2 million hole in the Fish and Game department's budget.</p><p>For state residents, fees go to $45 for a fishing license, $32 for a hunting license and $56 for a combination license.</p><p>For the first time, hunters and anglers over age 68 have to buy a $7 annual license, plus habitat and transaction fees.</p>Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:43:31 +0000Associated Press82830 at http://nhpr.orgRegular Hunting, Fishing License Fees to Increase $10N.H. Fish and Game Officials OK Possible Bobcat Hunt, Traphttp://nhpr.org/post/nh-fish-and-game-officials-ok-possible-bobcat-hunt-trap
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>New Hampshire has taken another step toward considering whether to again allow people to hunt and trap bobcats.</p><p>The state Fish and Game Commission voted Wednesday to approve initial rules governing a short bobcat season. The rules would allow a maximum of 50 cats to be hunted or trapped in a season.</p><p>When the population dropped below an estimated 200 in 1989, the state banned hunting or trapping the cats. Biologists now say the population may be as high as 1,400 in the fall and winter and 2,200 in the spring and summer.</p>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:08:16 +0000Associated Press81673 at http://nhpr.orgN.H. Fish and Game Officials OK Possible Bobcat Hunt, TrapCounting Animals Is A Tough Jobhttp://nhpr.org/post/counting-animals-tough-job
<p></p><p>How do we know how many fish there are in the sea? How many birds there are in the trees?</p><p>When biologists come to us with the estimated number of bison on the Great Plains, it’s easy to imagine where that estimate comes from, but what about the number of newts in the forest?</p><p></p>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:40:29 +0000Sam Evans-Brown67192 at http://nhpr.orgCounting Animals Is A Tough JobWhy Human Feeding Can Hurt Deerhttp://nhpr.org/post/why-human-feeding-can-hurt-deer
<p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">Last week, 12 deer were found dead in South Hampton. On Tuesday New Hampshire Fish and Game announced the cause of those deaths: feeding by humans. </font></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Dan Bergeron </strong>is a deer project leader with New Hampshire Fish and Game. He joined All Things Considered with more on what happened. </font></span></p>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:42:40 +0000Brady Carlson & Sam Evans-Brown66051 at http://nhpr.orgWhy Human Feeding Can Hurt DeerNorth Country Moose Study Aided By Research 'Muggers'http://nhpr.org/post/north-country-moose-study-aided-research-muggers
<p>How's this for a typical day at the office: get into a helicopter, fly just above treetops in parts of northern New Hampshire, and find moose to tag, track and monitor. It's part of the work <a href="http://www.wildnh.com/Wildlife_Journal/WJ_sample_stories/WJ_f14_Whats_Bugging_Our_Moose.pdf" target="_blank">New Hampshire Fish and Game is doing to study the effect of winter tick and other parasites on the state's moose population</a>.</p>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:54:54 +0000Brady Carlson62776 at http://nhpr.orgNorth Country Moose Study Aided By Research 'Muggers'Massachusetts Hiker Rescued On Mount Washingtonhttp://nhpr.org/post/massachusetts-hiker-rescued-mount-washington
<p>Rescuers searched a flank of Mount Washington Saturday night and early Sunday morning to find a 55-year-old Massachusetts man who suffered from a “pre-existing medical condition” while descending the Jewell Trail, according to a news release from Fish and Game.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The search began about 9:30 Saturday night after Chris </span>Trottier&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">of </span>Amesbury<span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;was reported missing by his wife.</span></p>Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:02:53 +0000Chris Jensen55401 at http://nhpr.orgMassachusetts Hiker Rescued On Mount WashingtonN.H. Fish And Game Holding Hearing On 'Hike Safe' Cardhttp://nhpr.org/post/nh-fish-and-game-holding-hearing-hike-safe-card
<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Geneva; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">New Hampshire Fish and Game officials will hold a public hearing on proposed rules to establish a hike safe card that would forgive hikers for rescue expenses they might face if they're negligent.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Geneva; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">The hearing is scheduled for Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Fish and Game headquarters on Hazen Drive in Concord.</p>Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:19:59 +0000Associated Press55039 at http://nhpr.orgN.H. Fish And Game Holding Hearing On 'Hike Safe' CardAfter Rescue, Officials Warn It Is Still Winter In The Mountainshttp://nhpr.org/post/after-rescue-officials-warn-it-still-winter-mountains
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Following the rescue of a 75-year-old man from Bond Cliff in The White Mountains safety officials are warning that while it is beginning to look like spring around the state it can still be winter in the mountains.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The man, David Humphrey of Falmouth, had had planned to cover 21 miles from the Crawford Notch to the Lincoln Woods trail on Sunday.</span></p>Tue, 06 May 2014 19:14:56 +0000Chris Jensen48001 at http://nhpr.orgFunding Fish And Gamehttp://nhpr.org/post/funding-fish-and-game
<p>This agency does much more than serve hunters and anglers, it’s also involved in search and rescue, land conservation, and habitat management.&nbsp; Despite all these responsibilities, hunting and fishing license fees are the main revenue source. Now, some in the Statehouse are taking hard look expanding that base - to hikers, canoers, and the many others who enjoy the great outdoors.</p><p><strong><u>GUESTS:</u></strong></p>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0000The Exchange45991 at http://nhpr.orgFunding Fish And GameLost Massachusetts Hiker Rescued After Spending Cold Night In White Mountainshttp://nhpr.org/post/lost-massachusetts-hiker-rescued-after-spending-cold-night-white-mountains
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">A lost Massachusetts hiker was rescued Thursday afternoon after spending a bitterly cold night in the White Mountains.</span></p><p>Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:00:13 +0000Michael Brindley40051 at http://nhpr.orgHiker Killed In Fall Was From Canadahttp://nhpr.org/post/hiker-killed-fall-was-canada
<p>The hiker killed Thursday in a fall on Mount Washington was from Canada, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game.</p><p>He was identified as Luc Paquette, age 25, of Boisbriand, Quebec.</p><p>Paquette was hiking was hiking with friends and left the Tuckerman Ravine trail to get water and a better look at a waterfall when he slipped and fell about 150 feet.</p>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:30:21 +0000Chris Jensen35356 at http://nhpr.orgMan Killed In Fall On Mount Washingtonhttp://nhpr.org/post/man-killed-fall-mount-washington
<p>A 25-year-old hiker was fatally injured in a fall Thursday afternoon while coming down the Tuckerman Ravine Trail on Mount Washington, according to Sgt. Mark Ober of New Hampshire Fish and Game.</p><p>The man was hiking with friends and left the trail to get water and a better look at a waterfall when he slipped and fell about 150 feet&nbsp;“landing on a small ledge approximately three quarters of the way up the Headwall," Ober wrote in a news release.</p>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:48:29 +0000Chris Jensen35331 at http://nhpr.orgSearch For Man Missing Along Baker River To Resume Monday Morninghttp://nhpr.org/post/search-man-missing-along-baker-river-resume-monday-morning
<p>A search for a man reported missing along the Baker River in Plymouth will resume Monday morning, says Lt. James Kneeland of New Hampshire Fish and Game.</p><p>Michael Gatto, 51, of Thornton, was reported missing Saturday evening by a companion, with whom he had been camping along the banks of the river near the Plymouth High School.</p><p>The search Saturday night and Sunday included the waters and shorelines of the Baker and Pemigewasset Rivers.</p>Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:27:06 +0000Chris Jensen35006 at http://nhpr.orgNorth Country's Nash Stream: Putting On The Environmental Wayback Machinehttp://nhpr.org/post/north-countrys-nash-stream-putting-environmental-wayback-machine
<p>Almost 150 years ago loggers in the North Country began changing the course of Nash Stream to make it easier to float logs downstream to the Upper Ammonoosuc River in Stark. But an effort is underway to get Nash Stream back to what Mother Nature intended.</p><p>Nash Stream is almost 14 miles long. It runs through the state-owned Nash stream Forest and its problems began around 1870.</p>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:12:22 +0000Chris Jensen33483 at http://nhpr.orgNorth Country's Nash Stream: Putting On The Environmental Wayback MachineHow Do You Coax A Moose Out Of A City? Slowly And Carefullyhttp://nhpr.org/post/how-do-you-coax-moose-out-city-slowly-and-carefully
<p>Seeing a moose in New Hampshire isn’t supposed to be news – unless the moose is in a more developed area, like the south end of Concord… and the person seeing it is a public radio host.</p><p>That’s right. On Saturday morning All Things Considered host Brady Carlson found a moose in his yard. Twice. The moose even sat down for a rest at one point, though, thankfully, he avoided the Carlsons' vegetable garden.</p>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:17:32 +0000Brady Carlson30586 at http://nhpr.orgHow Do You Coax A Moose Out Of A City? Slowly And CarefullyBears In Seacoast Spark Anxiety, Questionshttp://nhpr.org/post/bears-seacoast-spark-anxiety-questions
<p>Two separate black bear sightings in Portsmouth earlier this week startled residents and raised new questions about bears in urban areas.</p><p>Early this week, two Portsmouth residents reported black bear sightings to police. Officers responding to the calls said they believed the bears were cubs, but were unsure if a larger bear was with them. Bear sightings are rare instances in the Seacoast, but N.H. Fish and Game’s Wildlife Damage Specialist Rob Calvert says that this behavior isn’t entirely out of character.</p>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:58:00 +0000Ella Nilsen28981 at http://nhpr.orgVolunteer Rescue Groups Oppose Charging All Hikers For Rescueshttp://nhpr.org/post/volunteer-rescue-groups-oppose-charging-all-hikers-rescues
<p></p><p>House lawmakers will hear a bill&nbsp;Thursday&nbsp; that would make New Hampshire the first state to make people pay fees any time they are rescued by Fish and Game.</p><p>Backers of the proposal say they want to help Fish and Game recoup costs of expensive rescue operations.</p><p>But opponents, including the state’s volunteer search and rescue outlets, say this bill is a bad idea that could put people, and the state’s appeal to hikers at risk.</p><p>Hikers who were in trouble in the White Mountains, exhausted, climbing out a helicopter…</p><p>Explaining what went wrong….</p>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:34:19 +0000Chris Jensen21040 at http://nhpr.orgVolunteer Rescue Groups Oppose Charging All Hikers For RescuesWarmer Seasons Pose Danger to Local Moosehttp://nhpr.org/post/warmer-seasons-pose-danger-local-moose
<p>Warm winters have been tipping the balance between New Hampshire moose and the winter ticks that feed on them.</p><p>The ticks have benefited from warmer temperatures, and their increasing numbers have become a problem for moose.</p><p>When too many ticks latch on to the moose, it suffers blood loss, hair loss, becomes sick, and sometimes dies.</p><p>Kristine Rines, a wildlife biologist with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, says the real enemy is weather.</p>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:10:59 +0000Tina Forbes8957 at http://nhpr.orgNew Hampshire Bats Receive Supporthttp://nhpr.org/post/new-hampshire-bats-receive-support
<p>This week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted more than $950 thousand to 30 states with bats affected by a fungal disease called &lsquo;white-nose syndrome.&rsquo; New Hampshire received more than $14 thousand.</p><p>State Fish and Game wildlife biologist Emily Brunkhurst says white-nose has severely impacted local bats.</p><p><em>In a couple of species we are seeing 99 percent declines. </em></p><p>State Fish and Game&nbsp;officials will use the&nbsp;grant to monitor bat populations and raise public support.</p>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:33:56 +0000Tina Forbes8597 at http://nhpr.orgNew Hampshire Bats Receive SupportEndangered Piping Plovers Continue to Nest on New Hampshire Beacheshttp://nhpr.org/post/endangered-piping-plovers-continue-nest-new-hampshire-beaches
<p>Six pairs of piping plovers are nesting on the beaches of Hampton and Seabrook this summer. The birds are endangered in New Hampshire. For years, state Fish and Game officials have been trying to bring them back. This year, they&rsquo;re roping off nesting areas and hiring volunteers to monitor the nests.</p><p>Brendan Clifford, a biological technician of the New Hampshire Fish and Game&rsquo;s Wildlife Division, says the plovers have met with some obstacles.</p>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:43:16 +0000Tina Forbes8490 at http://nhpr.orgEndangered Piping Plovers Continue to Nest on New Hampshire BeachesFish and Game Department Reminds Hikers to Trek Safely http://nhpr.org/post/fish-and-game-department-reminds-hikers-trek-safely
<p>On Wednesday Fish and Game officials aided a woman at Franconia Notch when she experienced chest pains. The same day hikers helped a man who fell 20 feet down a Mount Washington trail.</p><p>The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game&rsquo;s Lieutenant Robert Bryant said hiker mishaps are a common occurrence in the summer. &nbsp;</p><p><em>This is the time of year for vacation and hiking and it&rsquo;s certainly not uncommon for us to head out to help hikers. </em></p><p>Bryant says many problems arise from poor planning, and he offers the following tips for hikers:</p>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:32:16 +0000Tina Forbes7341 at http://nhpr.orgSearchers Spend Night Looking For Littleton Man http://nhpr.org/post/searchers-spend-night-looking-littleton-man
<p>&nbsp;</p><p>A Littleton man hiking without a flashlight, map or warm clothing spent the night in the mountains while officials looked for him, according to a news release from New Hampshire Fish and Game.</p><p>Dylan Jessen, 20, planned to hike the 15 miles from the Lafayette Campground in Franconia to Route 112 in Woodstock but didn&rsquo;t begin until about 1 p.m.</p><p>His mother lost cell-phone contact with him about 7 p.m. &nbsp;when he still had about five miles to go and only 30 minutes of daylight left.</p>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:48:27 +0000Chris Jensen3177 at http://nhpr.org